Piper Advcd PAT-1 N15PT

Summary

On 19 November 1981 at about 11:15 local time, a Piper Advcd PAT-1 registered N15PT, operated by Piper Advanced, was involved in an accident during in flight near Mathews, Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 November 1981 at 11:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Mathews, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper Advcd PAT-1

Registration

N15PT

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Piper Advanced

Operating rule

Aircraft Manufacturer

Purpose of flight

Demonstration

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Langley Afb, Va → Local

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-3666

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DEMO FLT BY MFGR FOR NASA.1/3-SCALE TESTS INDCD UNDSRBL STALL/POST STALL CHARCS, AFT CG CONDS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.